[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Shankara accepts BhAvarUpa ajnana BSB 4.1.15
Sudhanshu Shekhar
sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com
Thu Aug 31 00:11:37 EDT 2023
Namaste Kathirasan ji
//The Aparokshanubhuti attributed to Shankara, subscribes to the same
position (i.e. no prarabdha for the jivanmukta, but only there for the
onlookers)//
There are no jIvanmukta in DSV. jIvanmukti is admitted only in SDV wherein
concept of continuance of prArabdha is valid.
jIvanmukti and prArabdha go hand-in-hand. If we accept jIvanmukti, prArabha
stands accepted ipso facto.
This "onlooker" thing is not mentioned anywhere. ajnAni-jana-bodhArtham
merely implies that the teaching of prArabdha is to ajnAnI. That is well
accepted. But then, there is no prArabdha - is also a teaching to ajnAnI.
Basically, in SDV, prArabdha is admitted whereas in DSV, prArabdha is not
admitted.
In ajAti, the discussion itself does not arise.
Regards.
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